Tusite Me 8, 2018

Kuo faka‘ilonga‘i – sila‘i au ‘e he Laumālié

(I was tagged-sealed by the Holy Spirit)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

R. KENT HUGHES

I lost my father when I was a little boy and had a sense of being alone in this world. When I became indwelt, a sense of paternity overtook my soul, of being adopted. I didn't know that I'd been tagged by the Holy Spirit or sealed by the Holy Spirit. As it says in Ephesians 1:13-14: “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” That further gave me a sense of protection and reality, that I was tagged for eternity by the Holy Spirit when I was baptized by the Spirit.

Monite Me 7, 2018

Fanau‘i Fo‘ou ‘i Hono Laumālié

(regenerated by His Holy Spirit)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he

who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

R. KENT HUGHES

When I was baptized by the Spirit, I was regenerated, born again. I was born of the Spirit, John 3 says. What a beautiful picture. The metaphor of being born again describes a divine obstetrics because I was taken out of darkness and I was brought into light, and I began to see things.

At the same time I was regenerated, I was indwelled by the Holy Spirit. Jesus says in John 14 that the Spirit “will live with you” and “will be in you.”

Sapate Me 6, 2018

Ko e Papitaiso ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní

(the baptism of the Holy Spirit)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

R. KENT HUGHES

The great classic text that celebrates and announces the believer's baptism into Christ is 1 Corinthians 12:13: “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” That speaks of the Spirit's initiating us into the body of Christ, and that happened to me when I was just twelve years old. I'd never heard of the baptism of the Holy Spirit but I was indeed baptized by the Holy Spirit. And now as the years have gone by, what was an objective fact has become a subjective reality in my life.

Tokonaki Me 5, 2018

Fakama‘a ‘i he ivi ‘o e Laumālié

(the washing by the power of the Spirit)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Commentary - JOHN CALVIN

“He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” It is asked, why did not John equally say, that it is Christ alone who washes souls with his blood? The reason is, that this very washing is performed by the power of the Spirit, and John reckoned it enough to express the whole effect of baptism by the single word Spirit. The meaning is clear, that Christ alone bestows all the grace which is figuratively represented by outward baptism, because it is he who "sprinkles the conscience" with his blood. It is he also who mortifies the old man, and bestows the Spirit of regeneration. The word fire is added as an epithet, and is applied to the Spirit, because he takes away our pollutions, as fire purifies gold.

Falaite Me 4, 2018

Ko e hā ‘a e vai koloa? Ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Sisu

(what can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Tu‘apulelulu Me 3, 2018

‘Oku tau taha ‘iate Ia ‘oku tau papitaiso ki ai

(we are one in Him to whom we are baptised)

Fehu‘i #44

Ko e hā ‘a e papitaiso?

Ko e papitaisó  ko hotau fakama‘a ‘i he vaí  ‘o fou ‘i he huafa ‘o e Tamaí, mo e ‘Aló,  pea mo e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní; ‘oku faka‘ilonga‘i mo sila‘i ai ‘a hono ohi kitautolu kia Kalaisí, mo fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá, pea mo ‘etau tukupā ‘o ‘etau kau ki he ‘Eikí  mo hono siasí.

What is baptism?

Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church.

MATIU 28:19

Ko ia, ke mou ō, ‘o ngaohi ‘a e ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ko ‘eku kau ako, ‘i he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ‘o e Tamai mo e ‘Alo mo e Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni:

MATTHEW 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

Collin Hansen

Once I was outside the people of God, estranged from this family due to my sin. But now I am a brother to all who have been likewise baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The church is our home, the place where, despite our disagreements and disputes, we come together to confess that we have one Lord and one faith (Eph. 4:5). To us has been given the Great Commission to follow in John's footsteps and call others to repentance while we point them to Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). We baptize so they might always know that God loves them, that he is well pleased with them because they now belong to Christ.

Prayer

Cleansing One, we cannot purify our own hearts, but must come to you to wash away our sin. Thank you for water baptism, which does not save us but portrays our salvation and unites us as one people, your adopted sons and daughters. Amen.

Pulelulu Me 2, 2018

Papitaisó, ko e faka‘ilonga ‘o hoku ohi ‘e he ‘Otuá

(a sign of my adoption into the family of God)

Fehu‘i #44

Ko e hā ‘a e papitaiso?

Ko e papitaisó  ko hotau fakama‘a ‘i he vaí  ‘o fou ‘i he huafa ‘o e Tamaí, mo e ‘Aló,  pea mo e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní; ‘oku faka‘ilonga‘i mo sila‘i ai ‘a hono ohi kitautolu kia Kalaisí, mo fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá, pea mo ‘etau tukupā ‘o ‘etau kau ki he ‘Eikí  mo hono siasí.

What is baptism?

Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church.

MATIU 28:19

Ko ia, ke mou ō, ‘o ngaohi ‘a e ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ko ‘eku kau ako, ‘i he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ‘o e Tamai mo e ‘Alo mo e Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni:

MATTHEW 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

Collin Hansen

Baptism is a sign and seal that we have been adopted into family of God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have loved one another in perfect unity since before creation, before God molded Adam from the dust. At Jesus's baptism we notice all three persons. As Jesus emerges from the water, the Spirit of God descends like a dove and rests on him (Matt 3:16). So that no one will mistake the meaning of the sign, the Father boasts from heaven, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matt, 3:17).

Every time I remember my baptism, I hear these words of blessing. Jesus was plunged beneath the waters of judgment, so that I might drink the waters of everlasting life. Because Jesus calls me brother, I can call God my Father. Because the Spirit descended on him as a dove, I have peace with God, who once regarded me as his enemy.